Washington: The United States on Thursday said the designation of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council is a “victory for American diplomacy” and an important step towards peace in South Asia. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated the US negotiating team at the UN for succeeding […]
Caracas: A woman was shot dead and more than two dozen people were injured during May Day clashes between opposition supporters and Venezuela’s armed forces in Caracas on Wednesday, with opposition leader Juan Guaido attempting to rally demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro. Jurubith Rausseo, 27, died at a clinic after being hit by a “bullet in […]
Washington: Four members of a Sikh family, including three women, have been fatally shot in their home in the US, authorities said. The victims who died of gunshot wounds in their home in a suburban Ohio community were found by another relative who called the police, West Chester Police Chief Joel Herzog said. “My wife and […]
Istanbul: Multinational companies are manipulating food habits, preferences and tastes of people, using their enormous financial and political resources, according to an American political scientist. Ali Nizamuddin of the University of Illinois in the U.S., at the 5th International Ibn Khaldun Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, said that the sheer publicity blitzkrieg launched by these corporations […]
KabulUnited States is primarily concerned with legitimising its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan so that it does not look like a humiliating defeat, which is why it is trying to secure support of its traditional rival, Russia, and regional powers during negotiations on the Afghan peace process, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. On Thursday, United States, […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has banned two national terror groups named National Thawheedh Jamaath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim. The groups are suspected to be behind the suicide bombings on churches and hotels while the wife and child of the suspected ringleader were wounded during a military raid in safe house, his family […]
A California man who deliberately drove into a crowd of people, injuring eight, did so because he thought they were Muslim, police said Friday. The driver, 34-year-old Isaiah Peoples, reportedly targeted the family solely on their appearance, according to police in Sunnyvale, near San Francisco, who are now treating the case as a “hate Crime. […]
Kabul: Afghanistan will convene a rare “loya jirga” — a massive meeting for delegates from across the country — to discuss the war and US efforts to forge a peace deal with the Taliban. More than 2,000 people have been invited to gather amid tight security for four days of debate under a large tent […]
Srinagar: A Sri Lankan military spokesman on Saturday said 15 bodies were found in a house where soldiers had pursued suspects in the Easter Sunday bombings. The spokesman said the bodies, including those of six children, were discovered after a shootout in the Eastern province. A police spokesman said three suspects in the bombings also […]
Srinagar: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that there is no evidence yet to suggest any particular country has backed the terrorist attacks that struck the country last week. “All the countries in our region are faced with the same threats. India is trying to prevent global terror from spreading into our countries. […]
